School Refuses To Play Sports At Karen Pence's School Due To Its Anti-LGBTQ Policy

[appalachiablue]

Source: Newsweek

A school in Washington, D.C., said it would not play any sports at the school where Karen Pence teaches because of its policy against LGBTQ students. The Sheridan School headmaster, Jessica Donovan, wrote in a letter to parents that the school had decided not to play any sports games at the Immanuel Christian School because of its policy of not admitting LGBTQ students.

In the letter reviewed by Newsweek, Donovan wrote that the school had several discussions with school officials, faculty members and students about playing sports games at the schools. Donovan wrote that her school had played the Immanuel Christian School in the past, not knowing about its anti-LGBTQ policies. She said that the majority of students wanted to play against the school and would wear rainbow-colored socks to support the LGBTQ community, but some students felt unsafe entering the school.

“As we talked more, we understood that some students did not feel safe entering a school that bans LGBTQ parents, students or even families that support LGBTQ rights. Forcing our children to choose between an environment in which they feel unsafe or staying home was not an option. So we decided that we would invite ICS to play all of the games at Sheridan,” the letter read. “Since ICS declined our offer to host, we will only play our home games and will not go to ICS to play.”

Karen Pence announced she was returning to the Immanuel Christian School to teach art. She received backlash surrounding her decision to teach at the Christian school. Pence’s spokeswoman, Kara Brooks, said in a statement that Pence had worked for the school for 12 years before she and her husband, Vice President Mike Pence, began working at the White House. “It’s absurd that her decision to teach art to children at a Christian school, and the school’s religious beliefs, are under attack,” Brooks previously said.



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Headmaster Jessica Donovan said she was proud of her Sheridan students and the community’s decision and that they will continue to play games at Sheridan, wearing LGBTQ socks.

[msongs]

1. good, staying out of dark alleys at night reduces the chance one will be mugged nt

[demmiblue]

2. K&R

[PSPS]

3. "the school's religious beliefs"

Karen Pence announced she was returning to the Immanuel Christian School to teach art. She received backlash surrounding her decision to teach at the Christian school. Pence’s spokeswoman, Kara Brooks, said in a statement that Pence had worked for the school for 12 years before she and her husband, Vice President Mike Pence, began working at the White House. “It’s absurd that her decision to teach art to children at a Christian school, and the school’s religious beliefs, are under attack,” Brooks previously said.

I went to a catholic grade school and a Jesuit high school. I must have been bestowed a "miraculous coincidence" in that I apparently was absent on every day they mentioned the bible passage that said, "thou shalt hate thy neighbor."

[appalachiablue]

5. Hate and bigotry like this is intolerable, backward

and primitive, esp. in these times. Good on the Sheridan headmaster and kids!

[okaawhatever]

35. In "their" version of Matthew it says the second commandment is to Love thy neighbor if

he is like thyself. If he is different, screw him and whatever you do don't bake him a wedding cake or give him a marriage license.

I'd love to see one of their ilk on Jeopardy. Alex, I'll take New Testament for $500...

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. I would love it if it turned out Degenerate Race Bannon has some

Spiro Agnew type dirt on him. And we could finally get rid of this chide.

[torius]

6. She should lose her art therapy license

if she has one. Art therapy and art education are anti-bigotry.

[Ilsa]

12. I don't think she is teaching art therapy, just

art for students. I wonder if she has a license to teach, and the lack of one might be why she is part time at a private school. A public school would not hire her.

[torius]

25. She is just teaching art

She is just teaching art. You are right, I looked it up and she does not have an art therapy license. But she is on the board of an art therapy organization and advocates for art therapy. It’s her signature cause, and not all art therapists are happy about it. She probably does not have an art teaching license either. But there are plenty of private schools that are not bigoted. She is deliberately sending a message of bigotry to the whole world.

[TeamPooka]

7. They should be avoided and left to play with themselves.

[erronis]

8. And I'm sure they do. Pence (Mr.) is not allowed to play with anyone else.

And I'm sure she takes Jesus as her husband.

[mjvpi]

9. Michelangelo couldn't go to art school where Karen Pence teaches art

Arguably the greatest artist of all time. Small minds. Smaller hearts.
Good for the Sheridan School.

[pangaia]

18. Oh my goodness, right.

And then there is the Pieta...

I do wonder what her/their relaitonship is with this....

[okaawhatever]

36. "Small minds. Smaller hearts." fits nicely with Trump's small hands. NT

[erronis]

10. Why do I feel that this whole cluster-f is just testing us? To see if the US is sane,

or not?

How far can we be pushed into depravity like that evinced by the Pences and trumpfs and the few remaining repuglicons?

Maybe some PhD sociology experiment run amok? Incite people to do things that no sentient/caring person would ever do?

Where is the off switch?

[mjvpi]

11. Michelangelo couldn't take art classes from Karen Pence.

Arguably the greatest artist of all time. Small minds. Smaller hearts
Good for the Sheridan School.

[HuskyOffset]

13. What's the school's policy

on witchcraft, because if you look at her hand in the second picture, she's clearly casting a spell, you can see the blue glow of her devil-powered witchcraft forming around her fingers. Witch!

[Hulk]

14. Such sad, sad people.

This family and their ilk are sick...just g’damned sick to the core. I really hope they find a hellin the afterlife, because they will be in it.

[volstork]

15. What a couple of

prigs they are.

"Christian" my ass.

[Maine-i-acs]

16. It has white-only teachers too!

Way to follow in the footsteps of Jesus, Karen (Mother), you useless hater.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. I'll be the odd man here.

I don't feel this is the healthiest move for the children's development and growth.

This sort of move just encourages further divisiveness between cultural groups and teaches children to be xenophobic. This is an adult belief structure enforced by one school relating to admissions and these adults must learn the errors of their ways, but not by punishing children.

The kids of both schools need exposure to the many aspects of diversity, but can't do that if they're locked up in their own cultural bubbles.

Let's instead find grown-up ways to send a clear message to Immanuel Christian School and others that enshrine backwards beliefs of any sort into their administrative policy.

[pangaia]

19. This is about as 'grown-up way' as I can think of.

Anything else would be a waste of time.

[a la izquierda]

20. My niece is 10. She know hate and bigotry is wrong.

These kids can formulate beliefs on their own. Especially about these things.

[yardwork]

21. So the gay students and parents who feel unsafe in the school should just do what?

[Demsrule86]

28. This is not a 'cultural issue' It is a civil rights matter.

One does not reward bigots.

[LakeSuperiorView]

22. Good that the school is getting called out for it's policies, but Karen Pence didn't bring them.

She should be marginalized for her bat shit ideas as well, but the school had the policies before this year. They should have been shunned by all other schools before this. If these schools can only find similar schools to participate, the long drives will reduce their ability to recruit parents.

[Demsrule86]

29. Nonsense. You don't accept bigotry because it is convenient.

[LakeSuperiorView]

31. Good dog, maybe an ESL class?

Who is accepting bigotry? The school should have been ostracized long before now because of their policies. Great that it is happening now because the horrible 2nd lady got a part time gig there, but the school sucked before she got there. Sucks more now that she is there.

[maxrandb]

23. If only our huge Division 1 colleges

Would have the guts of this small little school and STOP broadcasting their sports on radio stations that proliferate hatred, bigotry and racism 24/7/365

[Paladin]

24. Nice move. In your face, "Mother." (nt)

[louis-t]

26. They must be taught.....

They are framing it the right way. Who wants to go to a place where angry asshats teach their kids to hate.

[C_U_L8R]

27. College admission officers

Should say absolutely no to any of these bigotry schools and their spawn

[Mabel]

30. I'm sure I'm not the only one here who wishes the Pence family would just go away.

I wish backward people like this stayed in their private cornfield and not have access to a national platform where they can spew hate.

[riversedge]

33. and they can take the bigoted Trump family with them.

[truthisfreedom]

32. It's a divisive hate-based school. There's no two ways about it.

[Maxheader]

34. Investigate the rightys....understand what they do...how they play...

Their contributions to the country..

We see they are seriously, socially retarded..

So we will penalized them any way we can...

[oberliner]

37. Sheridan is Al Gore's former school